Sarah Palin's $150k fashion spree
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LOL!!!!!Berlin said:
Great clip.
Especially the part where the 'Drill Baby Drill' GOP mantra changes to 'Shop Baby Shop'!...
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that's cuz they wanna see her skirt blow up over her ass. Then we'll know how classy those panties are!The Crunge said:
This Dizzy broad just won't shut her BIG Pitbull YAP!!!
Here's the latest 'story' the nutzy neocons cooked up with to defend their 'pricey' lipstick wearin' pitbull.
This is whole 'clothes thingy' is starting to look like something out of a 'SNL' skit!....This Dizzy broad is the gift that keeps giving!...
Can't wait to see what SNL & Tina Fey do with this.......
Palin denies accepting $150K in designer clothes
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 29 mins ago
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – Sarah Palin is blaming gender bias for the controversy over $150,000 worth of designer clothes, hairstyling and accessories the Republican Party provided for her, a newspaper reported Thursday.
"I think Hillary Clinton was held to a different standard in her primary race," Palin said in an interview with the Chicago Tribune posted on the newspaper's Web site Thursday night. "Do you remember the conversations that took place about her, say superficial things that they don't talk about with men, her wardrobe and her hairstyles, all of that? That's a bit of that double standard."
Palin, who is John McCain's vice presidential running mate, said the clothes were not worth $150,000 and were bought for the Republican National Convention.
Most of the clothes have never left the campaign plane, she told the newspaper.
"It's kind of painful to be criticized for something when all the facts are not out there and are not reported," Palin said.
"That whole thing is just, bad!" she said. "Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are."
News of the purchases of designer clothes, largely from upscale Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, contrasts with the image Palin has crafted as a typical "hockey mom."
McCain was asked several questions on Thursday about the shopping spree — and he answered each one more or less the same way: Palin needed clothes and they'll be donated to charity.
"She needed clothes at the time. They'll be donated at end of this campaign. They'll be donated to charity," McCain told reporters on his campaign bus between Florida rallies.
Asked for details on how they'll be donated, McCain said, "It works by her getting some clothes when she was made the nominee of the party and it will be donated back to charity."
Asked if he was surprised at the amount spent, McCain said, "It works that the clothes will be donated to charity. Nothing surprises me."
McCain offered no further comment, except to say that the Republican National Committee doesn't buy his clothes.
Also on Thursday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, a private watchdog group in Washington, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Palin, the Republican National Committee and several political operatives alleging that the purchase of clothing for Palin and her family violates Federal Election Campaign Act.
The law prohibits a candidate for federal office from converting campaign funds to personal use. CREW notes that FEC regulations make clear the prohibition applies to clothing but also provide that donations by candidates to charity are not for personal use. CREW argued this exception might apply to Palin's clothes but doesn't appear to apply to clothes for her family.
Asked Wednesday who had paid for the suit he was wearing, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told WSLS-TV in Roanoke, Va.: "I pay for my suits. I pay for all of my own clothing."
McCain also said that Barack Obama's money advantage is probably why one Florida poll shows the Democrat doing well in the state. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday showed Obama up 5 percentage points overall in Florida, which went Republican in the last two presidential elections.
They spent more, that's the element," McCain said. "If it's true — organization. But we've energized volunteers, we'll get our vote out."
He then criticized Obama for not accepting public campaign financing after initially indicating he would. That means he can raise and spend as much as he can, and he's doing so at a clip of about $5 million a day. McCain did accept public financing and can no longer raise money. Obama began October with $134 million in the bank, compared to $47 million for McCain. However, McCain also is getting help from the Republican National Committee, which has far outraised its Democratic counterpart.
"He told the American people something that was patently false and then he's raised a whole lot of money and the implications of that for future presidential elections should be very disturbing to every American. One thing we've shown in history — you get unlimited amounts of money into political campaigns, you get corruption and you get scandals," McCain said.
At one point in the interview, McCain grew frustrated with a Tampa television reporter during her questions on immigration issues. McCain twice said illegal immigrants who have committed crimes would be rounded up. Katie Coronado of WFLA-TV asked if that meant using raids to round up immigrants.
"What did I just say that had any connotation of raids?" McCain said, raising his voice with impatience. "Let me try one more time."
He again explained the idea of forcing illegal immigrants out of the country by issuing ID cards and fining employers who hire illegals. He then softened his tone.
"I apologize," he said to Coronado. "I understand how important an issue it is. I didn't mean to be flip."
Here's the latest 'story' the nutzy neocons cooked up with to defend their 'pricey' lipstick wearin' pitbull.
This is whole 'clothes thingy' is starting to look like something out of a 'SNL' skit!....This Dizzy broad is the gift that keeps giving!...
Can't wait to see what SNL & Tina Fey do with this.......
Palin denies accepting $150K in designer clothes
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 29 mins ago
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – Sarah Palin is blaming gender bias for the controversy over $150,000 worth of designer clothes, hairstyling and accessories the Republican Party provided for her, a newspaper reported Thursday.
"I think Hillary Clinton was held to a different standard in her primary race," Palin said in an interview with the Chicago Tribune posted on the newspaper's Web site Thursday night. "Do you remember the conversations that took place about her, say superficial things that they don't talk about with men, her wardrobe and her hairstyles, all of that? That's a bit of that double standard."
Palin, who is John McCain's vice presidential running mate, said the clothes were not worth $150,000 and were bought for the Republican National Convention.
Most of the clothes have never left the campaign plane, she told the newspaper.
"It's kind of painful to be criticized for something when all the facts are not out there and are not reported," Palin said.
"That whole thing is just, bad!" she said. "Oh, if people only knew how frugal we are."
News of the purchases of designer clothes, largely from upscale Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, contrasts with the image Palin has crafted as a typical "hockey mom."
McCain was asked several questions on Thursday about the shopping spree — and he answered each one more or less the same way: Palin needed clothes and they'll be donated to charity.
"She needed clothes at the time. They'll be donated at end of this campaign. They'll be donated to charity," McCain told reporters on his campaign bus between Florida rallies.
Asked for details on how they'll be donated, McCain said, "It works by her getting some clothes when she was made the nominee of the party and it will be donated back to charity."
Asked if he was surprised at the amount spent, McCain said, "It works that the clothes will be donated to charity. Nothing surprises me."
McCain offered no further comment, except to say that the Republican National Committee doesn't buy his clothes.
Also on Thursday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, a private watchdog group in Washington, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Palin, the Republican National Committee and several political operatives alleging that the purchase of clothing for Palin and her family violates Federal Election Campaign Act.
The law prohibits a candidate for federal office from converting campaign funds to personal use. CREW notes that FEC regulations make clear the prohibition applies to clothing but also provide that donations by candidates to charity are not for personal use. CREW argued this exception might apply to Palin's clothes but doesn't appear to apply to clothes for her family.
Asked Wednesday who had paid for the suit he was wearing, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told WSLS-TV in Roanoke, Va.: "I pay for my suits. I pay for all of my own clothing."
McCain also said that Barack Obama's money advantage is probably why one Florida poll shows the Democrat doing well in the state. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday showed Obama up 5 percentage points overall in Florida, which went Republican in the last two presidential elections.
They spent more, that's the element," McCain said. "If it's true — organization. But we've energized volunteers, we'll get our vote out."
He then criticized Obama for not accepting public campaign financing after initially indicating he would. That means he can raise and spend as much as he can, and he's doing so at a clip of about $5 million a day. McCain did accept public financing and can no longer raise money. Obama began October with $134 million in the bank, compared to $47 million for McCain. However, McCain also is getting help from the Republican National Committee, which has far outraised its Democratic counterpart.
"He told the American people something that was patently false and then he's raised a whole lot of money and the implications of that for future presidential elections should be very disturbing to every American. One thing we've shown in history — you get unlimited amounts of money into political campaigns, you get corruption and you get scandals," McCain said.
At one point in the interview, McCain grew frustrated with a Tampa television reporter during her questions on immigration issues. McCain twice said illegal immigrants who have committed crimes would be rounded up. Katie Coronado of WFLA-TV asked if that meant using raids to round up immigrants.
"What did I just say that had any connotation of raids?" McCain said, raising his voice with impatience. "Let me try one more time."
He again explained the idea of forcing illegal immigrants out of the country by issuing ID cards and fining employers who hire illegals. He then softened his tone.
"I apologize," he said to Coronado. "I understand how important an issue it is. I didn't mean to be flip."
what amazes me is how frightened the libs are of Sarah.
Instead of telling us how good socialism will be or how joe biden was wrong and OJT for Obamma is good. They spend time attacking Sarah. Well what more could I expect the same people were eating the corn out of hillery's shit.
Instead of telling us how good socialism will be or how joe biden was wrong and OJT for Obamma is good. They spend time attacking Sarah. Well what more could I expect the same people were eating the corn out of hillery's shit.
I think you may misunderstand, papa.papasmerf said:
First of all, nobody that I can find is somehow saying how good socialism will be. That's a straw man argument - nobody's arguing for socialism. There may be calls for more regulation of market forces (like Alan Greenspan spoke of the other day when he suggested that his conservative world view and "let the markets decide" was a mistake) but nobody's saying anything about unfettered socialism.
It's simply that Sarah, as intelligent as she is - and she is intelligent, no argument there - simply isn't ready to be one heartbeat away from the Oval Office. She doesn't have the background or the experience.
The fundamentals of the concern go to good judgement. Was Palin a good choice as McCain's running mate? Clearly, no. Did Palin's extravagant spending spree on clothes show good judgement? Again, clearly not. (For the record, I don't care one way or the other if she spent $150,000 or whatever on clothes. If it's her money, she can do with it as she pleases.) Did Palin's unethical behaviour in the whole "troopergate" fiasco show good judgement? No.
So it's not Palin personally that anybody's afraid of. It's just that she just hasn't shown that she has good judgement, and McCain - an honourable man that was forced to sing the GOP line and is now paying the price for it - didn't show good judgement in choosing her in the first place.
Hillary and Barack pay for their clothes with their own money. Palin is using campaign donations to pay for herself and her entire family's outfits.
She had similar spending (other people's money) abuses in Alaska. Taking her family to events uninvited and then refusing to pay for their accomodations.
She had similar spending (other people's money) abuses in Alaska. Taking her family to events uninvited and then refusing to pay for their accomodations.
